It’s no surprise that Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law is unpopular with Texas Democrats. But it’s hard to find a high-ranking Republican in the state who’ll endorse it, either.
David Dewhurst
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Demographics
TribBlog: Lt. Gov. Dewhurst Dispatches from the Border
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst went to El Paso today, talked with state, local and federal police, took an aerial tour over the dangerous borderlands and pronounced that Mexico’s drug war is a “very serious threat” to all Texans — a threat the feds aren’t protecting you from.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Hotze, Perry and Gay Jesus
For a one-time-only performance that would have been under an hour, the saga of Tarleton State University’s “gay Jesus” play sure has been a long one. In the latest plot twist, a Tarleton State journalism student has uncovered a conservative activist’s allegation that Gov. Rick Perry and his chief of staff were somehow involved.
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Health care
Dewhurst: “Dramatic” Increase in Taxes Possible
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst says the state will have to “dramatically increase taxes” or undergo major cut backs in programs like public safety or education as a result of federal health care reform.
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The Middle-Finger Vote
It’s embodied in the Tea Party movement, in this week’s runoff election results from Lubbock and Plano, in last month’s primaries, in Gov. Rick Perry’s embrace of states’ rights and the 10th Amendment, even in Barack Obama’s campaign against the status quo in 2008. Voters are furious, and politicians are listening.
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Politics
Fee for All!
Every candidate vying for a legislative seat knows what lies ahead in 2011: a budget shortfall of at least $11 billion, probably higher, and state agency cuts to save as much of that amount as possible. But new revenue is a possibility as well, even if lawmakers are expert at the old sleight of hand, employing creative accounting and semantic trickery to avoid stepping on that political third rail, the tax hike.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Gay Jesus Resurrected
A theater student’s production of Terrence McNally’s play Corpus Christi — canceled amid protest at Tarleton State University — will see the stage after all, at Fort Worth’s Rose Marine Theater, according to The Dallas Morning News.
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Politics
Kay in 2012?!?
She said she would limit her time in the U.S. Senate to two terms and is currently serving a third. She said she would resign her federal office to run for governor and didn’t. She said she would quit after the primary and hasn’t. So who’s to say she won’t reconsider in two years and run for a fourth term? And what of all those would-be successors?
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Higher Education
The Gay-Jesus Place
As part of a class assignment, a Tarleton State University theater student decided to direct an award-winning play in which the son of God is heralded as the “King of Queers.” Then came the protests and threats of violence and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s press releases, and suddenly it was curtains for the whole production.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Dewhurst Condemns Gay Jesus
The Lieutenant Governor reviews, in advance, a 26-year-old theatre student’s choice of a school play: “Hated it!”